Scientists are on the cusp of fulfilling a decades-long quest: to use vaccines to teach the immune system to spot and destroy cancer cells.

Background Anemia constitutes a major global public health challenge among school-aged children with documented impacts on psychomotor development, academic achievement, susceptibility to infections, ...

Move by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is latest government rollback of climate science activity

Coverage among kindergartners for major vaccines fell in more than half the states, continuing a years-long trend, as measles cases climb.

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

The new childhood vaccine schedule and 6G, in readers' eyes.

The Trump administration delayed a rule last year that could have sped up the effort to pinpoint the source of the contamination. Critics charge that food safety oversight has eroded overall.

As the largest cyclospora outbreak in U.S. history wanes, experts weigh in on whether iceberg and other fresh produce are still a risk.

This article1 is retracted by the journal.

Research team analyzed 11,500 neighborhoods over a decade

The rapidly changing U.S. e-cigarette marketplace is dominated by unauthorized products. We used retail scanner data from Circana, a market research company that collects point-of-sale scanner data...

mRNA vaccines represent a transformative advance in vaccinology, combining rapid development timelines, scalable manufacturing, and strong immunogenicity with a favourable safety profile. Global deplo...

Tularemia is a potentially serious illness caused by the bacterium <em>Francisella tularensis.</em>

State health officials say two people have died in the cyclospora outbreak in Michigan. They are the first confirmed deaths in the U.S. related to the microscopic parasite.

Background: Despite strong evidence supporting exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months of life, global and national rates remain suboptimal. In the critical first 48–72 hours after b...

Climate and econometric&nbsp;modelling reveal that human-induced climate change is shifting the burden of childhood&nbsp;malaria in Africa.

From hospitals and clinics to doctors' offices and urgent care centers, healthcare executives and clinicians agree: staffing shortages directly compromise their ability to provide high-quality care to...

Malaria and cancer are major global health burdens, causing high mortality. While often considered distinct, the two conditions share common features, including continuous cell replication within the ...

Parasite’s biology, combined with logistical issues and budget cuts, make tracking it a major challenge

Why falling vaccination rates put vulnerable children at risk.

Scott Gottlieb responds to report that company contacted the White House seeking to delay a recall announcement